How does the heat flow and movement within earth cause earthquakes?

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IconqueredScience
Mar 3, 2018

first up we know that when something is heated up it expands

Explanation:

so, when the lava moves under a tectonic plate, it heats it up; therefore expanding the gap between both tectonic plates, then when it cools down, and the tectonic plate retracts, they collide with each other.

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